Gravelot's design is preparatory for an engraved frontispiece to Chant XV of Voltaire's “La Pucelle d'Orléans” (Genève : Cramer,1762; facing p. 262). The drawing shows only the lower half of the finished composition, with a soldier driving back a crowd of people in the streets of Orléans and the houses above only faintly sketched in. See also 1968.15:28, 1968.15:35, and 1968.15:36 for additional preparatory drawings by Gravelot for the same publication.
Fourquevaux, Joseph de Beccarie de Pavie, marquis de, 1762-1841, former owner.
Bocher, Emmanuel, 1835-1919, former owner.
Olry-Roederer, Léon, 1869-1932, former owner.
Rosenbach, A. S. W. (Abraham Simon Wolf), 1876-1952, former owner.
Fleming, John F. (John Francis), 1910-1987, former owner.
Kraemer, Ruth S. "Drawings by Gravelot in the Morgan Library." Master drawings, XX (Spring 1982), p. 9, no. 14, reproduced plate 7a.